mechaninac
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I did preface my list by stating that they were flaws in my eyes, and made clear that the finish was a personal preference; hence why I've had such a hard time commiting to buy one. I can certaily understand liking the covers on and reducing the amount of small parts to potentially lose; nevertheless, I would just like to have the option to remove them regardless how silly and unrealistically close to the front they are, but in the VF-19s that choice is denied. However, I will not excuse the ankles; increased side to side range is a plus, but not at the expense of front to back adjustability... they could have done better, and they could have revisited the design for the S variant and beyond.
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Why would you take exception to his statement? The very fact that you do not complain about the prices means you do not fall into the range of people he described.
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Envy.
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The VF-19s have 3 design/execution failures (in my eyes) that have kept me from pulling the trigger on a purchase: It's high gloss finish is off-putting to me, specially since all other VFs Yamato have ever produced have had a matte finish. It stands out too much against its M7 stablemates. Obviously, this is personal preference issue and not a flaw per se, and I have Macross Frontier VFs that are also glossy but they they appear, to me, to be less so -- closer to a semi-gloss than the 19's auto-show mirror treatment. The non-removable intake covers. There's no way in hell I'll ever be convinced that their engineers could not come up with a solution/compromise that would allow those covers to come off to show the compressor blades like on all other Yammies, no matter how shallow they would end up being. It just strikes me as a deadline thing that had them settle for "good enough". The ankle design being a step backwards from the YF-19's. Other than my issues with the design/engineering choices, all the VF-19s are attractive enough, but I still can't bring myself to buy one...
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If I'm not mistaken, that is the idea. A pallet system allowing different mission-specific pods to be swapped out from between the legs (in fighter mode). Now, whether Bandai will ever make different pods to replace the default missile rack is another question entirely. Now Bandai, isn't it time to give us all a peek at a further developed prototype?... Please.
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Elitist... Macross collecting is characterized by products that, for the most part, cater to an older, more affluent consumer base of collectors willing to pay a premium price for a premium product. That there are many among these collectors with the financial wherewithal to afford multiples or any one, or all, of these premium items is not elitist in the least; after all, these folks aren't professing their superiority over those who cannot keep up. They are simply endulging their particular fetish within the bounds of what they can monetarily support. And for a company to cater to this affluent group of collectors of a very niche property within a niche hobby isn't elitist either, it's ambitious, commendable, and risky. The buying habbits of some collectors can certainly be considered as examples of conspicuous consumption and, in some rare cases, even hoarding, but elitist... no. Edit: In other words, don't get elite confused with elitist.
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Prometheus - on Blu-Ray and DVD Oct. 9, 2012
mechaninac replied to Pizza the Hutt's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
The difference between Alien and Prometheus, vis-à-vis unanwered questions, is that the former feels like you're only getting a small slice of a much greater backstory/universe that leaves you wanting more, and the latter just makes you say WTF?!!! -
No, size and scale are two completly different things. Size refers to a subject's physical dimensions: a cesna and a 747 are not the same size in 1:1, so they would not be 25 cm long if converted to kits at the same scale. Scale is the fractional multiplier by which a subject is represented in toy or model form: a 25 cm cesna is a much larger scale than a 25 cm 747... same size, different scales; size and scale are mutually exclusive unless the objects being compared are of equal dimensions in real life. This upcomimg Kshatriya may be the same height as a MG Sinanju, but unless the K (22.3 meters73.163 ft 877.953 in) is the same height as the S (22.6 meters74.147 ft 889.764 in) in the show, which they are, they would not be the same scale. So, regarding the K model, it is MG 1:100 scale as long as the S standing next to it is a 1/100 Master Grade kit.
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Maybe after they've been put in context... a long shot.
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VF-4G is in the house!!! Ogling posted pictures was nice, but it does not compare with actually having this toy in your hands... beautiful. $300+ beautiful? Probably not, but no regrets.
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"Yammies" has a much better ring to it, like yummies. "Arcadies" sounds like the name of one of the royal families in Dune.
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You mean it's a thread about nothing? Why does that ring familiar? Twoducks, do not fret. The name may have changed, but that nauseous feeling in the pit of your stomach when you get a bum product from them will still be the same...
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So what will be the first Arcadia branded Macross offering?
mechaninac replied to jvmacross's topic in Toys
3 things were planned? Do tell... I know you can't... sworn to secrecy lest they break your kneecaps or something, and all that jazz... -
Give the guy a cigar, preferably an exploding one...
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So what will be the first Arcadia branded Macross offering?
mechaninac replied to jvmacross's topic in Toys
If the name change/restructuring means they take a brake from releasing new stuff in their Macross licences for a few months, or even the entirety of 2013, I will not be one to complain; after all the stuff I bought in 2012, culminating with what now seems to have been Yamato's swan song -- the VF-4G, my wallet can use a bit of a breather. Besides, there will be penty to keep me occupied in the Macross front with Bandai's upcoming offerings. -
True. Henceforth people will b!tch about being Arcadia-ed...
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There's something about that link that triggers a trojan warning and blocking from my antivirus software.
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Such a tease...
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
mechaninac replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
That's a myth. The 1/48th kit may have been used as inspiration and, to some extent, proportion's reference for the 1/55-ish Toynami Masterpieces; however, even a cursory comparisson between the two clearly shows how different they are not only in outlook and scaling, but also in complexity and execution. If anything, the toy is quite a bit more intricate than the model, and the various issues it has are entirely related to how overambitious it was, and how badly Toynami's designers, engineers, and chosen manufacturer flubbed their efforts from part tolerances, to materials choices and locations, to Quality control. That's not to say that the kit isn't too complicated for its own good, but to pin any of the blame for the Masterpiece Alpha's woes on it is just not accurate. Toynami's failure was entirely of their own making. -
Dangit! Winter storm Nemo has messed up FedEx's delivery schedule to the NE-USA... no VF-4G for me until Monday(?). Mother nature can be such a 'biatch'!
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No, just in a coma...
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Macross related items on WonderFestival 2013 Winter (JAPAN)
mechaninac replied to ahiachris's topic in Model kits
Gotta agree with you on that. That model is impressive as hell, a credit to the modeller, but the Metal Siren is just an ungainly, cluttered, mess. The Icarus would've been preferred by me as well. -
Good grief that's awesome! So much more "presence" than the 'G' head the toy has as default. That's a remarkably good fit for a first go-around -- aside from 3D-scanning the toy's head to use as base reference to modify and/or build atop, I don't think you could get any closer with just calipers and MK1 eyeballs; but, to the perfectionists in all of us, will you be making any adjustments to make it perfect before making the custom head (what should we call it, a VF-4S?) available for order on Shapeways? I bow to your modelling skilz...
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Dagnabit! Just noticed that I replied to the wrong post... I didn't intend to tell Zor Primus what he got, I meant to tell Kaldar5 what ZP got. Zor, one of these days I'd like to get me a 1/250 VF-2SS. Also, I don't think the Destroid and armored J are 1/250; I thought theat line of gashapons was closer to 1/180-200...ish.
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The Tomahawk and GBP-01 are Trading figures from Kaiyodo, series 002, I believe.